L’Encyclopédie de l’histoire du Québec / The Quebec History Encyclopedia

François
Cazeau

Cazeau,
Francois (1734-1815), merchant, was
born at Angoulême, France, in 1734, and came to Canada before
the British conquest. He became a merchant in Montreal, and during the
American invasion of 1775 he supplied the Continental troops with provisions.
He was arrested by Haldimand, on the charge of having assisted the enemy,
and imprisoned. About 1785 he went to Paris to try to collect some of
his debts; and he died in Paris, after a long illness, shortly after
April, 1815. He appear to have been twice married, (1) in 1759 to Marguerite,
daughter of Pierre Vallée and (2) later to a daughter of John
Reeves, of Montreal. See B. Sulte,
François Cazeau, and A. Fauteux, François
Cazeau (Bull. rech. hist., 1916).